Opinion on Ganking?

coop500 · February 2018

What's your opinion on the PVP style of ganking?

Stovahkiin · February 2018

I'm not one but I don't mind them

I used to be a ganker. From what I’ve seen, it’s the people that never play as gankers that get the most upset by them. Anyone who actually plays as a ganker knows that it doesn’t make you an insta-winner; you can and will still get rekt as one.

Goshua · February 2018

Other

I don't think there are many true gankers left, if there's more than one ganker per sq meter its not a gank

DieAlteHexe · February 2018

Other

I don't see the point. Seems like a rather shallow victory.

idk · February 2018

I'm not one but I don't mind them

I've ganked before. It's just part of the game. No reason to think PvP only happens at keeps.

I found it odd how many travel between keeps along the most obvious paths wan though they're in a safe area.

paulsimonps · February 2018

I hunt gankers

I don't know why.... but when they see someone with 40k plus health and still try to gank me.... I just wonder. I play a tanky support type character in PvP and enjoy it, but when someone ganks me, and obviously fail, its fun to then CC them down and have me and my friends kill them. I am a tank so obviously very few people I can kill on my own, but there are some, mostly potatos.

Teeba_Shei · February 2018

I am one, it's fun

I'm one sometimes, but usually not. I will hunt them though.

Danksta · February 2018

I'm not one but I don't mind them

Most gankers aren't that good so I either end up killing them or they run away after they realize that they won't kill me easily. Most of the time when I die to a ganker it's more than one of them.

EvilAutoTech · February 2018

I'm not one but I don't mind them

Been ganked a couple of times but usually the attempt fails. Like paulsimonps I roam Cyrodiil with more than 40K health. As a Templar it's hard to keep them from running off eventually but it's funny when they do.

Jamini · February 2018

I hunt gankers

Solo gankers are fun to ferret out, assuming they don't spam cloak for days.
Group ganks are less fun, but if I have friends on it inevitably devolves into a glorious small-scale.

Unfortunately, the anti-ganker class has gotten solid nerfs for about a year or so. Things are getting harder, and I need to play better and better to win.

Ley · February 2018

I am one, it's fun

Ganking is like 90% sitting around waiting for opportunities, 5% fighting, 5% running for your life. It can be fun but it can also get very boring. I enjoy it more in IC than in Cyrodiil.

It's easy enough to avoid gankers to where it doesn't really upset me too much if I get killed by one on occasion.

whiteshadow711jppreub18_ESO · February 2018

I hunt gankers

I Hunt enemy Gankers, but I am also one of them as well..

jaws343 · February 2018

Other

When given the opportunity, I will take a shot at ganking someone. But I do not build for it.

And I do not mind it from others, unless they gloat. T-bagging after a gank is pathetic.

TheShadowScout · February 2018

Other

Stovahkiin wrote: »

I used to be a ganker. From what I’ve seen, it’s the people that never play as gankers that get the most upset by them. Anyone who actually plays as a ganker knows that it doesn’t make you an insta-winner; you can and will still get rekt as one.

^This!^

My PvP main is a nightblade... usually I play as archer in cyrodil, but occasionally I sneak up on people with daggers ready.
It is not as effective as some people might believe.
Not for me anyhow.
My current win-loss ratio at the ganking game is probably something like... 2:3. so... I loose a few more fights then I win.
Of course, my character is not exactly optimized for ganking, so that certainly plays into it.
But that is just the point. As a "generic" character, your gank won't be an insta win...

And, even if you were to optimize your character, and win more at ganking... it isn't a lot of fun, really. Not for everyone, not for me, and if I want that "yay, gotcha!" feeling I am better served using blade of woe on NPCs.

The most fun I had in cyrodil are in the large siege battles, just playing one more soldier in the ranks of those storming/defending a keep, or in the rare hard-fought close duels - win or loose, those are fun.
Ganking, when the opportunity arises, is a quick thing... either you win quick by killing your victim before they can even fight back, or you get rekt if your gank isn't strong enough to take down your intended victim with the first sneak attack burst.

As fro seeing the gank from the other side... yeah, its a fact of life in cyrodil. You will get ganked from behind, by people with much bigger PvPness then you. And then you respawn, and carry on PvPlaying.
Or you can stumble through cyrodil in fear, keeping magelight and detection potions active all the time to remain unganked, and never get anywhere quick. And then get ganked anyhow when in the middle of fighting someone else.
Best solution is to stop worrying, and learn how to live with the gank!

Tasear · February 2018

I'm not one but I don't mind them

I throw mudballs at people... clearly I couldn't vote no.

Enemy-of-Coldharbour · February 2018

I'm not one but I don't mind them

It's a part of PVP. I just deal with it.

Prof_Bawbag · February 2018

The options are there to be one, so I have no issue with folk ganking, just like i have no issue spamming BoL if I deem it necessary to spam BoL. No idea why people lose sleep over others using skills or play styles that are given to us. I'd see the point if people were abusing some glitch and the game was rife with people abusing cheats, but it isn't and they're not.

Edziu · February 2018

Other

Im one of them
btw it can be annyoing xD
but also I hunt them and here is even more fun

btw not using mark as its veryyyy pathetic and used oly by noobs like miats
on other was ints enough with using mageligh and isnt that annyoing with hmm "cancer"? like this mark

magictucktuck · February 2018

Other

I don't know why people are upset when they get ganked. not that I have never been ganked but its very rare someone can gank me while im not idle, its pretty easy to break free vigor/dodgecancel and start the fight over. i mean sometimes they do get me but thats cool too

Princess_Ciri · February 2018

I am one, it's fun

ganking is so much fun. I used to only play magsorc or beamplar in pvp but now i've tried stamblade ganker idk why anyone would choose to play anything else. they're sooooooo fun

NordSwordnBoard · February 2018

Other

I get ganked, and, I also gank. I like to try to out-think the gankers, and go where I would be if I was them - to kill them. This usually involves lightning form on my sorc while sneaking - surprise lightning! It's more fun to me than detect pots.

I sometimes gank from stealth on my sorc. I use my stamblade less often, but that toon is all about the gank.

I gank, therefore, I am.
I get ganked, therefore, I was.

Prof_Bawbag · February 2018

Princess_Ciri wrote: »

ganking is so much fun. I used to only play magsorc or beamplar in pvp but now i've tried stamblade ganker idk why anyone would choose to play anything else. they're sooooooo fun

If everyone played a ganker, you'd never see anyone to gank. Everyone would be cloaked

Stania · February 2018

Other

Ganking is for milk drinkers. Go fight face to face, like real warriors!

Tandor · February 2018

Other

Ganking is the biggest single reason a lot of players don't like PvP.

PvP is supposed to be about taking on a tougher challenge in the form of another, unpredictable, player as compared with the lack of challenge against a predictable mob with limited AI. For that to mean anything it has to be an equal fight, a level playing field. Whether it's a group of players taking on a single player, or a high level player taking on a low level player, ganking is the very opposite of that.

ParaNostram · February 2018

It's annoying

To me, it's a mark of a lack of skill. It's the difference in Magic the Gathering between playing against a combo deck and playing against a well built and played deck. The turn one combo deck just wins the game without any real input from the other player, it's a crutch, and it is not fun to play against. If the combo doesn't work though, everything falls apart and your loss is guaranteed.

TLDR - Basically if your goal in a fight is to kill them before they can fight back, you might not actually be good at fighting.

geonsocal · February 2018

Ley wrote: »

Ganking is like 90% sitting around waiting for opportunities, 5% fighting, 5% running for your life. It can be fun but it can also get very boring. I enjoy it more in IC than in Cyrodiil.

It's easy enough to avoid gankers to where it doesn't really upset me too much if I get killed by one on occasion.

^^this^^ 100%...

Minalan · February 2018

I'm not one but I don't mind them

I haven’t minded gankers since ZOS fixed viper and veli proc sets.

The used to be instant, they used to crit, and it was instant death no matter what basically. Only the people doing it were okay with that.

Since then, it takes some actual skill to gank. Good luck to all out there still doing it.

Tandor · February 2018

Other

Tandor wrote: »

Ganking is the biggest single reason a lot of players don't like PvP.

PvP is supposed to be about taking on a tougher challenge in the form of another, unpredictable, player as compared with the lack of challenge against a predictable mob with limited AI. For that to mean anything it has to be an equal fight, a level playing field. Whether it's a group of players taking on a single player, or a high level player taking on a low level player, ganking is the very opposite of that.

EDIT: I am of course talking about the commonly accepted meaning of "ganking", I'm not concerned with the legitimate use of stealth skills etc to surprise an equal opponent.

https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Ganking

NordSwordnBoard · February 2018

Other

Tandor wrote: »

Tandor wrote: »

Ganking is the biggest single reason a lot of players don't like PvP.

PvP is supposed to be about taking on a tougher challenge in the form of another, unpredictable, player as compared with the lack of challenge against a predictable mob with limited AI. For that to mean anything it has to be an equal fight, a level playing field. Whether it's a group of players taking on a single player, or a high level player taking on a low level player, ganking is the very opposite of that.

EDIT: I am of course talking about the commonly accepted meaning of "ganking", I'm not concerned with the legitimate use of stealth skills etc to surprise an equal opponent.

https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Ganking

Ah, well with that in mind, I do avoid low level/cp toons. I look at ava rank first, title second. The tribune posing as tyro - thats a fun target sometimes. They're looking to catch someone over estimatimg themselves.

I do this solo in between flashpoints, not with a hidden group to get one kill. So I guess I'm not a ganker, lol. I just kill people from stealth when solo sometimes? No cloak on my sorc, and invis pots are for a hasty retreat when Im outnumbered.

Kuramas9tails · February 2018

I'm not one but I don't mind them

ParaNostram wrote: »

To me, it's a mark of a lack of skill. It's the difference in Magic the Gathering between playing against a combo deck and playing against a well built and played deck. The turn one combo deck just wins the game without any real input from the other player, it's a crutch, and it is not fun to play against. If the combo doesn't work though, everything falls apart and your loss is guaranteed.

TLDR - Basically if your goal in a fight is to kill them before they can fight back, you might not actually be good at fighting.

It's not the ganking that usually kills people from a ganker, it's the animation canceling and rotation and that is skill. And usually the potato who died didn't keep their shield up or react fast enough and that is a lack of skill.

xenowarrior92eb17_ESO · February 2018

Other

there is no such thing...zos made sure of that...those people who try to play gankers and succeed means they hunt only noobs who needs explaining about principles of blocking and breaking free.

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